EXAM #2 Flashcards
TERM: Money or other negotiable instrument exchanged for the ownership or use of a product or service
Price
TERM: Exchange of products/services for products/services; money is not used in the exchange
Barter
TERM: Consumer’s perceived benefit from product/service, e.g. quality, durability
Value
TERM: total money received from sale of product
Total Revenue
TERM: average amount of money received from selling one unit of product = price
Average Revenue
TERM: change in total revenue from producing & marketing one additional unit of that product
Marginal Revenue
TERM: total expense incurred by a company to produce & market a product
Total Cost
TERM: overhead = company’s expenses that are stable, and do not change with quantities of product produced & sold
Fixed Costs
TERM: company’s expenses that change directly with the quantity of product produced & sold
Variable Cost
TERM: change in total cost from producing one more unit of product
Marginal Cost
TERM: conspiracy among companies to set prices for a product; illegal in the US
Price Fixing
ERM: charging different prices to different buyers for the same products
Price Discrimination
TERM: charging a very low price in order to drive competitors out of business
Predatory Pricing
CONCEPT: curve on a graph showing number of units consumers will buy in a given time period, at different prices that might be charged
Demand Curve
CONCEPT: a measure of the sensitivity of demand to changes in price
Price elasticity of Demand
CONCEPT: analysis of relationship between total cost and total revenue to determine profitability at various levels of production
Break-Even Analysis
CONCEPT: straight reduction in price on purchases during stated period of time
Discount
CONCEPT: promotional money paid by manufacturers to retailers in return for featuring manufacturer’s products
Allowance
CONCEPT: geographical pricing strategy where goods are placed Free On Board (FOB) a carrier; customer pays freight from factory to destination
FOB pricing
CONCEPT: geographical pricing strategy where company charges same price plus freight to all customers, regardless of location
Uniform Delivered Pricing
PRICING STRATEGY: setting a very high initial price for a new or innovative product
Skimming Pricing
PRICING STRATEGY: setting a low initial price on a new product to appeal quickly to the mass market
Penetration Pricing
PRICING STRATEGY: setting a high price to attract quality- or status-conscious consumers
Prestige Pricing
PRICING STRATEGY: setting prices for a line of products at a number of different price points
Price Lining